The Humours Of Whiskey

slip jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on July 20th 2001 by martin t.

This tune has been added to 81 tunebooks.

Also known as Humors Of Whiskey, The Humors Of Whiskey, Humors Of Whisky, The Humors Of Whisky, Humours Of Whiskey, Humours Of Whisky, The Humours Of Whisky, Thug Me Ruide.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Dance Visit To Ireland by McCusker Brothers Ceilidhe Band
• Altan by Altan
• Altan: Live by Altan
• Another Sky by Altan
• Aontas by Aontas
• At The Source by Celtic Spring
• Celtic Dream by Oisin
• Cuckanandy by Moving Cloud
• Dear Old Erin's Isle: Irish Traditional Music From America by Various Artists
• Driven by Donall Donnelly And Brian Hanlon
• Folk Dance Music Of Ireland by Johnny Powell And His Band
• Folk Music And Dances Of Ireland by Various Artists
• Heat Of The Moment by Pierre Schryer And Ian Clark
• Irish Women Musicians Of America by Cherish The Ladies
• Isn't Anyone Going To Stop Them? by The Magic Square
• Near And Far by Calasaig
• Oisin by Oisin
• Shaskeen Irish Pub Session by Shaskeen
• Solas by Solas
• Standing Stones by The Crossing
• Storm The Kettle by Eamonn Dillon
• Take The Bull By The Horns by Tom Doherty
• The Bunch Of Keys by Jason O'Rourke
• The Chieftains 2 by The Chieftains
• The Far Set by Michael Clarkson And Gerry Jones
• The First Harvest by Iain MacDonald And Iain MacFarlane
• The Great Bear Trio by The Great Bear Trio
• The Morning After by Beneche
• The Mouse Behind The Dresser by Shaskeen
• The Road To Riley by Riley School Of Irish Music
• The Rolling Wave by Cian
• The Tain by Horslips
• The Twentieth Anniversary Collection by Various Artists
• The World Pipe Band Championships 2006 by Various Artists
• Toss The Feathers by Mountain Dew
• Traditional Irish Music On Flute And Guitar by Jack And Jimmy Coen

X: 1
T: Humours Of Whiskey, The
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Dmaj
G2A Bee Bee|GFG BGB AFD|G2A Bee Bee|dcd A2G FED:|
|:d2e fdf ecA|dcd fdf gfe|1 d2e fdf ecA|Bcd A2G FED:|2 d2e fga ecA|Bcd A2G FED||

Recorded by Altan

In one of their earlier recordings--I think played with the other Humours of Whiskey posted here. This tune is also found in the book "The Northern Fiddler"-- a complilation and set of mini biographies of some of the older generation of Donegal fiddlers still around in the mid 70's

I think the key is more E than D for the first part.

# Posted on April 29th 2003 by pchaffee

The first chord in the 'A' music is in fact Em. It is related to the slip jig I have submitted as Gan Ainm, http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/3999

# Posted on December 24th 2004 by hetty

A scottish smallpipe version

X:1
T:Humours of Whiskey
C:Traditional
M:9/8
K:D
|: {a}gfe {g}fB{G}B {g}fB{G}B | {a}gfe {g}fB{G}B {g}fga | gfe {g}fB{G}B {g}fB{G}B | agf {g}efd {cd}cBA :|
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|:{Gdc}d2e {g}fdf {g}ec{d}A | {Gdc}d2e {g}fed {g}fga | {Gdc}d2e {g}fdf {g}ec{d}A | agf {g}efd {cd}cBA :|

# Posted on May 3rd 2006 by patrickmclaurin

"The Humours Of Whiskey", this one in E Dorian ~ check the relatives out

"The Humours Of Whiskey"
Key signature: b minor
Submitted on May 25th 2001 by Jeremy.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/46

"The Humours Of Whiskey"
Key signature: e minor
Submitted on October 10th 2002 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1023

"The Humours Of Whiskey"
Key signature: e minor
Submitted on December 20th 2004 by hetty.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3999

# Posted on May 10th 2007 by ceolachan

Humours of Whiskey / Thug me Ruide

A bit of confusion here. Thug me Ruide is shown as an alternate name to the Humours of Whiskey, a slip jig. Is this a mistake, or are my ears totally disceiving me? I've only heard Thug me Ruide sung by Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh of Altan and I don't think it could be called a slipjig.

BTW any gaelige speakers... what does Thug me Ruide translate into.. just the name..song's a bit long for that.
Thanks

# Posted on June 5th 2007 by joebloggins

Translation

Thug mé ruide = Thug mé ruid (?) = "I took a run" or more specifically "I made a dash (for something)". I'm thinking ruide is the (very) northern version of ruid as the song is from Tory Island (as far as I know) and ruide itself (if not ruid) means bog-mire muck, so the "I made a dash" is likely the one (and "I contributed the dirt" would make a pretty bad song title)

# Posted on February 27th 2008 by DonallDubh